AirportsMelbourne Avalon International Airport is a large airport serving Geelong/Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AVV.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AVV
- ICAO code
- YMAV
- City
- Geelong/Melbourne
- State or region
- Victoria
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 38.0403° S, 144.4672° E
- Elevation
- 11 m (35 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AVV means Melbourne Avalon International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YMAV. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.0403° S, 144.4672° E. It stands 11 metres (35 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Melbourne, about 50 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Melbourne, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Melbourne Avalon International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Essendon AirportEssendon Fields | MEB | 52 km |
| Melbourne AirportMelbourne | MEL | 52 km |
| Melbourne Moorabbin AirportMelbourne | MBW | 56 km |
| Bendigo Airport | BXG | 145 km |
| King Island Airport | KNS | 211 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,189 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,795 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,628 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,910 km | 20 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 16,739 km | 20 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,805 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,031 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,197 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 756 km | 1 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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